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Biggest population changes in Kerala

Computed from 267 villages where both counts are usable. Nobody publishes this ranking; it is not in either source.

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Fastest growing villages in Kerala

Ranked by the change between the Census 2011 count and the 2020 Mission Antyodaya survey.

#Village District 20112020Change
1 Keezhanthoor Idukki 4,205 6,758 +60.7%
2 Belur Kasaragod 12,181 18,531 +52.1%
3 Balal Kasaragod 9,936 14,967 +50.6%
4 Cheekkode Malappuram 22,413 32,867 +46.6%
5 Kizhakkambalam Ernakulam 23,186 33,363 +43.9%
6 Upputhara Idukki 18,885 26,236 +38.9%
7 Koorachundu Kozhikode 12,302 17,027 +38.4%
8 Rayamangalam Ernakulam 27,537 36,722 +33.4%
9 Pottassery- I Palakkad 20,873 27,627 +32.4%
10 Kadanad Kottayam 14,692 18,734 +27.5%
11 Kallikkad Thiruvananthapuram 9,413 11,675 +24.0%
12 Ramankary Alappuzha 10,755 13,332 +24.0%
13 Koodal Pathanamthitta 15,979 19,412 +21.5%
14 Ayarkunnam Kottayam 28,718 34,555 +20.3%
15 Mangalam Malappuram 33,442 40,124 +20.0%
16 Melukavu Kottayam 9,385 11,228 +19.6%
17 Ezhamkulam Pathanamthitta 18,655 22,293 +19.5%
18 Thakazhy Alappuzha 15,758 18,826 +19.5%
19 Kuruva Malappuram 38,153 45,354 +18.9%
20 Kalpakancheri Malappuram 33,721 39,960 +18.5%

Villages that shrank most in Kerala

A falling count usually means out-migration, but in a small village it can also mean a boundary change.

#Village District 20112020Change
1 Vayakkara Kannur 18,687 11,450 -38.7%
2 Mundakayam Kottayam 19,939 12,299 -38.3%
3 Mezhuveli Pathanamthitta 16,863 10,407 -38.3%
4 Kanthalloor Idukki 6,758 4,205 -37.8%
5 Karimba -II Palakkad 11,930 7,474 -37.4%
6 Padne Kasaragod 21,009 13,168 -37.3%
7 Kollamula Pathanamthitta 22,449 14,105 -37.2%
8 Nellipoyil Kozhikode 11,014 7,043 -36.0%
9 Vazhichal Thiruvananthapuram 10,353 6,671 -35.6%
10 Kavalam Alappuzha 13,089 8,579 -34.5%
11 Kurupuzha Thiruvananthapuram 10,167 6,797 -33.1%
12 Poonjar Thekkekara Kottayam 19,470 13,191 -32.3%
13 Pallippad Alappuzha 24,648 16,738 -32.1%
14 Parappa Kasaragod 14,137 9,633 -31.9%
15 Kalayapuram Kollam 20,233 13,810 -31.8%
16 Thankamony Idukki 24,389 16,784 -31.2%
17 Koodathayi Kozhikode 13,563 9,517 -29.8%
18 Padichira Wayanad 28,970 20,341 -29.8%
19 Upputhode Idukki 8,755 6,187 -29.3%
20 Kozhipathy Palakkad 12,265 8,689 -29.2%
What this ranking leaves out, and why. 0 villages here had fewer than 100 people in 2011 — at that size a percentage says more about the surveyor than the village, so they are excluded. A further 3 sit within half a point of the limits beyond which we treat a figure as implausible (+150% or −40%): they are the villages that only just survived that test, not the fastest moving, and ranking them first would be misleading. That is 3 excluded in total. How the limits are set.